Cathode-holder.



No. 727,549. PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.. J. MATTHEWS & W. DAVIES.

GATHODE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1 902. RENEWED MAR. 5. 1903.

NOMODEL.

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A, /A I v l 4 i 5 a I l 7 j 5 .2 i 5 i I B z UNTTn STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MATTHEWS, OF BIRMINGHAM, AND WILLIAM DAVIES, OF COUNTY OF WVOROESTER, ENGLAND.

CATHODEI-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,549, dated May 5, 1903.

Original application filed March 29, 1901, Serial No. 53,482. Divided and this application filed April 21, 1902. Renewed March 5, 1903. Serial No. 146,414. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH MATTHEWS, residing at Birmingham, and WILLIAM DA- VIES, residing in county of IVorcester, England, subjects of the King of Great Britain,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cathode-Holders for Electrolytic and Similar Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of the application filed by us on the 29th day of March, 1901, Serial No. 53,482.

The presentinvention consists of a cathodeholder for electrolytic and similar purposes,

1 especially for removing the tin from tin-plate scrap and the like. It is essentially characterized by its consisting of a cell open at the side, which cell is provided with a troughlike receptacle at its lower end to catch Whatever grains of tin fall from the cathode.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating a method of carrying out the invention, Figure 1 shows an elevation of the cathodeholder; Fig. 2, a section along the line a bin Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a ground plan of Fig. 1.

In the practical carrying out of the invention the cell-like cathode-holders A are made of glazed terra-cotta, porcelain, or other similar material not affected by electrolytic action. The cell A has at its lower extremity a trough-like receptacle B, into which falls whatever metal drops from the cathode. This trough B can be made deeper or shallower at will than as shown in the drawings. On the inside of the cells slots 0 are provided, into which the cathodes are pushed, so that they are held vertically in the cells. The cells may be suspended in the vat containing the solution by means of a cord, wire, or the like, which passes through an opening D, provided in the hinder wall of the cell.

What we claim then is- 1. A cathode-holder for electrolytic purposes characterized by the lower extremity of the cell-like laterally-open cathode-holder being provided with a trough-like receptacle to receive the metal falling from the cathode substantially as herein set forth and shown upon the drawings. I

2. .A cathode-holder provided with grooves on its inside to receive the cathode-plates substantially as herein set forth and shown upon the drawings.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH MATTHEWS. WILLIAM DAVIES. WVitnesses:

HECTOR O. GRUNDY, E. S. FRIEND. 

